Date: Mon, 11 Dec 1995 10:59:45 -0500 From: dennis@etinc.com (dennis) To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.tfs.com> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FBSD support inc. Message-ID: <199512111559.KAA01366@etinc.com>
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>> > I think Cygnus is an interesting parallel here. >> > >> > I think that if Julian wants to do it, he should be most welcome indeed. >> >> You miss my entire point. The question is not so much whether or not >> it should be done, the question is whether it will be done in such a >> way so as to actually succeed. If you think it's an easy problem then >> I urge you think about it another 10 or 20 times. >> >> An organization that collapses, leaving its customers stranded, would >> be far worse than no organization at all. > >I'm pretty confident that Julian knows what he's doing. > >I don't think he expects it to be particular easy, and I anticipate >that he will not promise more than he can bite off, if I know him right. > >If anybody were to head this, Julian would be my first choice. > >Jordan, we also have to be careful not to try to "censor" ventures >based on FreeBSD. (Now, there! Take that! The "C" word, used to >be good for a 3 week flamefest on Usenet :-) > >The next thing would be to be worried that Rod sells some junky HW, and >that it would damage our reputation. > >That would indeed be going down the very same slippery slope that made >Jolitz disappear from polite company. > >If Julian sets up "WorldWide Virtual FreeBSD Support", I have no problems >with that. > >If people engage in bussiness with him, they have the duty to examine >what they put their money into. That is not our problem. But the possibility exists that his "customers" may want something "fixed" or to work in a specific way that is contrary to the direction that the core team wants to take. You may also get pressure from your friends to prioritize things differently, to meet a more commercial agenda. There will almost certainly be pressure to branch off, which could weaken both sides. Support without control is a very sticky business. But, of course, anyone is free to do as they please. But he asked for comments..... db ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Emerging Technologies, Inc. http://www.etinc.com Synchronous Communications Cards and Routers For Discriminating Tastes. 56k to T1 and beyond. Frame Relay, PPP, HDLC, and X.25
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